On May 1, 2010, WSSS hosted our first symposium on Tufts' Medford campus to highlight
interdisciplinary water-related research in the New England area. The symposium featured conversations between students, researchers and practitioners from various disciplines on current water-related challenges.

The program included a keynote address from Dr. Richard Palmer, head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, as well as research presentations from WSSS students in the R track of the program.

The Water: Systems, Science and Society (WSSS) program is a graduate research and education program that provides Tufts students with interdisciplinary perspectives and tools to manage water-related problems around the world.